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Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Wears "Quality Over Quantity" On Its Sleeve Perfectly

Marvel's Spider-Man 2 may not have 100-hour content, but the brilliant story, refreshing tasks, and beautiful sidequests still stand proud.

BlackCountryBob319d ago

It’s bizarre to me we are talking about 30 hour games as short when we used to spend £60 on games that took 3-4 hours to complete for the SNES. 10-12 hours is short, games that take 40+ hours are fine if you like that but to me they would need to justify it with variety and creativity, not just repetition, fetch quests and stat hoarding.

I’m so glad Spider-Man 2 did away with the district crimes thing because it made the first game longer but not enjoyably so.

andy85319d ago

Yup its crazy. I think people just blast through to make a point. My runtime was about 45 hours doing everything. There's loads to do besides the main story

EvertonFC319d ago

Mine was 45 hrs too, agree gamers blast through games.

TheKingKratos319d ago

I am nearing 20 hours and i am not even halfway in the game

The_Hooligan319d ago

I am about 27 hours in. I just got done with the lizard battle they showed in the gameplay trailer. Overall it says I am 60% done. I have been doing all the collectible and side-missions along the way as well. I don't rush through the story line. One of my friend did the story missions first and then everything else, it took him around 30 hours to complete it all before the platinum popped for him.

Daeloki319d ago

Agreed, I think I had about 30h when I finally got platinum, and that was because I was hardly able to put it down. And while it was maybe a bit shorter than other games today, it felt weirdly refreshing to have a good quality story and smooth gameplay and being wrapped up in it for too long (although I will definitely have a second and plrobably third playtrough, especially once NG+ is added). Especially comparing to beheamoths like BG3, I mean don't get me wrong, it's phenomenal and I will be shocked if it's not GOTY, but I've got 200+ on it and I haven't quite finished it yet.

ChasterMies319d ago

I loved fighting crime in Spider-Man.

BlackCountryBob319d ago

Me too, but having to do the same 5 crime types in every district for Fisk, then the demons, then sable and then doing it again in each of the 3 DLCs too was a painful way of getting the platinum and gaining enough resources to unlock all the costumes and skills.

Double_O_Revan319d ago

I'm worn out on 70-100 hour open world games. Hell, I spent 160 on Tears of the Kingdom. To hear that Spider-Man cut out a lot of the fat and focused on the important stuff makes me happy. My copy arrives this week and I'm looking forward to it.

senorfartcushion318d ago (Edited 318d ago )

It's because the economy for most countries is awful due to conservative policies, and the people judging quality within the games industry get their games for free from the publishers.

It's not so much a point people are making to insult Spider-Man, it's more a comment on what it costs to be a gamer nowadays. Call of Duty is getting the same treatment both about the length and (unlike SpiderMan) the amount of rehashed content.

I'm glad Spidey was the length it was - I have stuff to do. I wish there were more options during the endgame i.e mission select and change of sky colour etc for replayability. The game cost me $80 - $30 more than the remastered version did on PS5. Games should be made for people who only have the time to buy one game every few months.

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TheKingKratos319d ago

Marvel's Spiderman 2 is a masterpiece

Can't wait for part 3 and i am pretty sure the developer didn't mean that there is no Peter Parker any more they are saying that from now on Miles Morals will be a main character just as much as Peter Parker in the upcoming games untill Peter retire

repsahj319d ago

I agree with you 100%. I don't want Insomiac to make Spider-Man until Part 10. Let Peter Parker finish his story on Part 3 and move on to Miles. Just hoping that Insomiac would consider making a game with long-range flying Marvel characters like Ironman, not just melee heroes.

TheKingKratos319d ago

They already said that part 2 is like Civil war but 3 will be like Endgame where it will have that epic conclusion so it's pretty clear that both Peter and Miles will be there for the ending

jznrpg319d ago

I like long games that are 100+ hours but I wouldn’t consider a 30-40+ hour game short at all.

jznrpg319d ago

I enjoy 100+ hour games but games that are 30-40+ hour games are not short. For an action game like this I think the length is just about right especially if you are like me and do all the side missions etc

-Foxtrot319d ago

I personally think there was far too much crammed into the story for it's length

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Spider-Man 2 PC Port Expected Soon As Sony Takes Down Leaked Builds

The PC port of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 could be announced soon, given Sony's recent actions.

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wesnytsfs13d ago

I have yet to get around to playing it on PS5 was fan of the first but I might just weait for the PC version.

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Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Drops To Best Price Yet Alongside More Great PS5 Game Deals

PlayStation's Back to School sale includes big discounts on a bunch of PS5 exclusives, including Marvel's Spider-Man 2.

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just_looken53d ago

spiderman 2 $40 from $70 so it's priced right now as a expansion pack like MM.,

andy8553d ago

Pretty decent expansion pack then saying i got 30-40 hours out if it.

just_looken53d ago

I can get 30hours out of a job outside does not mean it was good.

But i know no matter what i post or prove people love there nerfed spiderman or playing as a blind person for 5 hours then mary jane shehulk for another 12hours.

I am so glad today's "gamer" was not around for the ps3/360 era these new gamers are way to easy to please and have killed gaming.

andy8553d ago

It was good though. Are you actually saying it wasn't a good game? And blind? The person you play as was deaf and it was 10 mins not 5 hours. Doesn't seem like you've even played it by that comment. And MJ was...30 mins at most? Not sure how you get 40 mins into 17 hours exactly

CobraKai53d ago

@just_looken

I’ve been playing since the Sega Master System. I love Spiderman 2. There’s too much going for it to be a simple expansion pack. I felt Miles Morales could fall into the expansion pack range.

If you didn’t like it, it’s fine. That’s what’s great about opinions, there are no wrong ones, just different ones.

StormSnooper52d ago

You guys have to understand, they don’t have anything even close to it on his preferred system. There is a whole psychology behind his comment.

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pwnmaster300053d ago (Edited 53d ago )

lol I was in the ps3/360 era and spider man 2 would of been a massive hit still.

Please don’t try to represent us gamers from that time. You are not a good example, always complaining and being negative lol.

CobraKai53d ago

@just
I mean, it’s New York. You can’t exactly change the map.

It sounds like you’re hard to please vs gamers being easy to please. You mentioned great games. Games whose sequels had very similar gameplay with each other with very minimal changes or upgrades.

Im with pwnmaster. Don’t speak for us. It sounds like probably only started gaming from PS360 era.

Rebel_Scum53d ago

Peter Parker lives in New York, where else do you expect the map to be?

Using the same map/location is not a problem.

On topic: In my region the base game is $80. Still not low enough for me to dive in. Not that Im in a rush. Havent even finished the 1st one’s dlc yet.

just_looken53d ago

The map still has asset's buildings the the first game its like madden yeah same stadium but can you change that madden 14 logo?

Not to mention they never added shield basses basically unique interiors you can explore off missions or add in jersey.

pwnmaster300053d ago

Sony pony??
Are you a child? Lmao

Just stop man. It’s embarrassing.
We can like games and not be a fanboy.
Gaming shouldn’t be taken this serious. Relax lol

just_looken53d ago (Edited 53d ago )

"lol I was in the ps3/360 era and spider man 2 would of been a massive hit still.

Please don’t try to represent us gamers from that time. You are not a good example, always complaining and being negative lol. "

You come at me calling me a bad example talking like this game is gods gift to us and on any sony article you defend them no matter what.

But now i am a child? what because i used logic again this site you throw facts at people they cry to the admins to get me off here again or play the victim card.

pwnmaster300053d ago (Edited 53d ago )

Lmao gods gift to us what. I said it would have been a massive hit not a perfect game. It’s a good game get over it.

And this is why I said what I said.
“ But i know no matter what i post or prove people love there nerfed spiderman or playing as a blind person for 5 hours then mary jane shehulk for another 12hours.”

And you’re still proving me right. God forbid people like a certain game.
And BS about me on every sony article defending them. I like games and praised every games I

“ But now i am a child? what because i used logic again this site you throw facts at people they cry to the admins to get me off here again or play the victim card.”

Your opinions are not facts and the fact you think they are is sad. Step off video games for awhile.

just_looken53d ago

Na its fine you go ahead belive 200 million dollars makes sense for 1 game when 80 created a trilogy on 360.

I live without blinders unlike others.

pwnmaster300053d ago (Edited 53d ago )

“I live without blinders unlike others.“
🤣😂🤣 thanks for the laugh. Have a good night brother. Fight that good fight your fighting.

repsahj53d ago

Saddest Xbox loyalist on N4G. XD

StormSnooper52d ago (Edited 52d ago )

He is a duplicate account. He changes names to get a new lease on life and people would respond to him. Sad indeed.

MetroidFREAK2152d ago

Definitely more than an expansion pack... the Miles Morales game from 2020 is that... ya silly goose

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Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Needs A Proper DLC, Not More "Insomniac Original" Suits

Despite multiple, very convincing leaks about a DLC, the only thing Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is getting is more suits. Where's the DLC, Sony?

RaidenBlack92d ago

... i think Insomniac's planning a Venom based spinoff similar to Miles Morales

Inverno92d ago

The first game came out in September, by October it had its first dlc release and by December "The City That Never Sleeps" had concluded. If you're wondering why there hasn't been any DLC for Spiderman 2 it's cause they didn't work on it alongside it's main development. It's been a pretty normal practice for devs to work on DLC that way which is why they have extra content out so quickly. Most likely we'll be getting Venom stand alone next year and Wolverine the year after that.

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-Foxtrot92d ago

I thought this but you have to think Insomniac wasted a lot of their time of that live service game which was cancelled

That was probably supposed to be the “extra” for the game.

purple10191d ago

https://youtu.be/KkZ3zwuzPo...

I don’t know if every Sony game that got cancelled was correct,

Also I don’t know how they are making twisted metal season 2, but cancelled the game? Surely the show is meant to drive popularity and visibility of the game where the real profits are made. So that doesn’t add up to me. Maybe it just changed developer, fingers crossed I suppose

Xeofate92d ago

So giving out free suits isn't enough?

You're actually asking to be nickel and dimed and Sony is bad for not nickle and diming you?